cloud forest

Cloud forest in the southern part of the park

A male Black-bellied Hummingbird rests between sips at Cataratas del Toro.

A male Crested Quetzal sits quietly at the cloud forest of Manu National Park, Southeastern Peru.

Cloud Forest. This forest was photographed near the town of Papallacta on the eastern-slope of the Andes in an elevational zone known as humid temperate forest at ca. 2,600 m (8,500 ft) elevation. Papallacta, Napo Provincee, Ecuador. Cloud line on the eastern-slope of the Andes is ca. 1,500 m...

I photographed this male bird in early daylight in the San Gerardo de Dota montane cloud forest area of Costa Rica. it was in a tree about 50 m distant from the roadside location of my tripod, in a pasture with scattered wild avocado trees. A much less ornate female was in a nearby tree. The...

Reorganizing files and came across this one. Taken at El Triunfo Reserve in South Mexico when I was using the Canon 20D. We had watched it and when the beak clicking escalated, I managed to get the whole bird as it crossed a small gap. Of course, I do have others of half a bird but the...

390m in the Andean foothills looking up to the worlds longest mountain range and seeing with my own eyes why they call it the cloud forest. Picture taken before the longest hike of my life following that river as it became a head water and eventually a forest taking me nearly 4000m higher 2...

This photo was taken soon after the photo of the female on the same branch. It was incredible to be so close and that I was actually able to capture a few, although I erased a lot of blurs and empty sticks.

this is a wild hummingbird near a group of feeders near the Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica. I was trying for another bird and noticed a few hummers would stop and land on a branch to my left.

Early one morning, this male resplendent quetzal landed in a wild avacado tree near a Costa Rican trout pond. For a few precious minutes, he displayed the beauty of his iridescent plumage, while keeping a wary eye on me.

One of the Beauties place in my life - Santa Elena Clud Forest in Costa Rica... deep green and misty cloud forest ... Fantastic birding include Resplendend quetzal :-)

One of the Beauties place in my life - Santa Elena Clud Forest in Costa Rica... deep green and misty cloud forest ... Fantastic birding include Resplendend quetzal :-)

Typical scene on the west slope of the Andes while we were there earlier this month (see the recently posted bird pics).